satisfies (ANSI and GNU Common Lisp Document)

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#### 4.4.17 satisfies [Type Specifier]

#### Compound Type Specifier Kind::

Predicating.

#### Compound Type Specifier Syntax::

(`satisfies`{predicate-name})

#### Compound Type Specifier Arguments::

predicate-name—a symbol.

#### Compound Type Specifier Description::

This denotes the set of all objects that satisfy the predicate predicate-name, which must be a symbol whose global function definition is a one-argument predicate. A name is required for predicate-name; lambda expressions are not allowed. For example, the type specifier `(and integer (satisfies evenp))` denotes the set of all even integers. The form `(typep x '(satisfies p))` is equivalent to `(if (p x) t nil)`.

The argument is required. The symbol * can be the argument, but it denotes itself (the symbol *), and does not represent an unspecified value.

The symbol satisfies is not valid as a type specifier.